MikeF2316
Well-known member
I went to this show yesterday:
http://www.ontarioantiquetools.com/
I have to say, I was disappointed in the selection. If you wanted to buy an old plane or a thousand old planes, then that was your show. If you watch the Woodwright's shop on PBS, the tools he uses, that was the meat of the show. The sad thing is a lot of the iron and steel was either rusty, or used to be rusty. It's very sad seeing those old irons rusting away, the owner not even giving them a squirt of WD40 to stop it.
One guy had some tools from a retired mechanic (he said). There was a decent but well used set (6-22mm) of Hazet metric combination wrenched he wanted $300 for, too much in my opinion. He also had some Snap-on hard handle screwdrivers, not something I'm interested in.
The only thing I found fascinating was this old ratchet and sockets. Not interesting enough to pay $40 for though.
(I have to learn how to keep my finger out of the picture when using my new iPhone...
)
http://www.ontarioantiquetools.com/
I have to say, I was disappointed in the selection. If you wanted to buy an old plane or a thousand old planes, then that was your show. If you watch the Woodwright's shop on PBS, the tools he uses, that was the meat of the show. The sad thing is a lot of the iron and steel was either rusty, or used to be rusty. It's very sad seeing those old irons rusting away, the owner not even giving them a squirt of WD40 to stop it.
One guy had some tools from a retired mechanic (he said). There was a decent but well used set (6-22mm) of Hazet metric combination wrenched he wanted $300 for, too much in my opinion. He also had some Snap-on hard handle screwdrivers, not something I'm interested in.
The only thing I found fascinating was this old ratchet and sockets. Not interesting enough to pay $40 for though.
(I have to learn how to keep my finger out of the picture when using my new iPhone...
)
